ON THE ‘ROUNDED’ EDGE OF EXTINCTION – Māui’s dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori maui)
Toitū te marae a Tāne-Mahuta, Toitū te marae a Tangaroa, Toitū te tangata If the land is well and the sea is well, the people will thrive (Maori proverb) On 7th May 2019, the Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) released the first global biodiversity assessment since 2005 (draft chapters and […]
OSC NZ to participate in 2016 A Community on Ecosystem Services conference in Florida
OSC NZ will be at the 2016 A Community on Ecosystem Services (ACES) conference, which is being held in Jacksonville, Florida, USA from 5-9 December. The ACES conference focuses on bringing together decision-making and the science around ecosystem services and sustainability. Dr Victoria Todd, one of our Managing Directors, will participate in the Thursday afternoon discussion session entitled ‘Do offshore oil and […]
Victoria & Ian Todd attend Aquatic Noise 2016 conference in Dublin
Two of OSC NZ’s directors, Dr Victoria Todd and Ian Todd, recently attended the fourth international The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life conference (AN2016), held in Dublin, Ireland, 10–15 July 2016. The conference covered a broad range of topics related to the central theme of impacts from man-made noise, including research on marine mammal […]
MMO & PAM Handbook hailed as industry ‘bible’
The Marine Mammal Observer & Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook, written by Dr Victoria Todd, Ian Todd, Jane (Gardiner) Warley and Erica (Morrin) Chapman and drawing on their extensive collective experience working for OSC, has been hailed as a ‘bible’ for the industry in a review published in Marine Mammal Science. The Marine Mammal Observer & Passive […]
Watch Ian & Erica’s presentation at the PEPANZ 2016 conference
Ian Todd and Erica Chapman, both directors of OSC NZ, presented at the recent PEPANZ 2016 conference in Auckland, NZ. Their talk was entitled “Enhancing oil & gas exploration activities with Māori culture and creating career pathways – iwi Marine Mammal Observer (MMO) and Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) training course”. Watch their presentation here (Ian & Erica’s […]
Watch Victoria’s rigs-to-reef talk at the PEPANZ 2016 conference
Victoria Todd, one of our Managing Directors, presented about OSC’s North Sea rigs-to-reef research at the recent PEPANZ 2016 conference, held in Auckland, NZ. She discusses why our findings are important for offshore installations coming to the end of their lifespans as well as why replicating this research in NZ could be important for the Critically-Endangered Maui’s dolphin.
New publication: Meals on wheels? A decade of megafaunal visual and acoustic observations from offshore Oil & Gas rigs and platforms in the North and Irish Seas
OSC’s new paper ‘Meals on wheels? A decade of megafaunal visual and acoustic observations from offshore Oil & Gas rigs and platforms in the North and Irish Seas’ was published by PLoS One this month, and is available to download here. The paper presents a decade of visual and acoustic detections of marine megafauna around […]
OSC attend New Zealand Petroleum Conference 2016
Last week OSC-NZ Directors Ian and Victoria Todd and Erica Chapman attended the New Zealand Petroleum Conference, held in Auckland between 20-22nd March. More information about the conference is available here, www.petroleumconference.nz. All three presented at the conference, with a photograph below of Ian and Erica presenting their talk entitled ‘’Enhancing oil & gas exploration […]
Melanie Orr appointed Director of OSC-NZ
OSC-NZ is pleased to announce that Melanie Orr has been appointed as a Director of OSC-NZ, the Asia-Pacific branch of Ocean Science Consulting (OSC; www.osc.co.uk). She joins Ian Todd, Victoria Todd and Erica (Morrin) Chapman on the board. Along with completing day-to-day business activities, Melanie is the main New Zealand-based contact for OSC-NZ.
Erica & Jane become shareholders of OSC-NZ
We are happy to announce that Erica (Morrin) Chapman and Jane (Gardiner) Warley have recently become shareholders of OSC-NZ. Both Erica and Jane got married this year, Erica in June to Peter and Jane to Dave in October, and both the received the shares as a wedding present.
